[HPforGrownups] Re: Durmstrang in Scandinavia?

Iggy McSnurd CoyotesChild at charter.net
Wed Dec 24 15:18:44 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 87558

> There was a school of literature and music in Germany in the 19th
> century called "Sturm und Drang" (storm and pressure). JKR
> has "spoonerised" this to Durmstrang.
> 

Iggy here:

Of course, some of the Southerner's down here who read the books seem to
find the people from Durmstrang "durn strange."  *grin*

BTW: I used my Anagram program to check out the name, and came up with-

Dungs rat Mr.    
(Think one of the men there, Karkaroff even, is an informant to
Mundingus?)




Iggy McSnurd







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